Next PEDro and DiTA updates (October 2021)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 11 October 2021. This is a week later than usual because of a public holiday in Australia.
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Call for questions from physiotherapists working in oncology for “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
This month we invite physiotherapists to submit a clinical question related to oncology to the “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign. You can submit a question by: using a form on the PEDro web-site tagging us in …
“You Ask #PEDroAnswers” search tip #8 – If you get too few search results…
Throughout 2021 we are sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The eighth tip is “If you get too few search results …”. Let’s use this PICO (Patient-Intervention-Comparator-Outcome) question to illustrate …
Eighth video of PEDro Advanced Search for the “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
Each month in 2021 we will share short videos illustrating how to use the PEDro Advanced Search to find the best research to answer clinical questions submitted by PEDro users. The eighth question to be …
Infographic for systematic review that found exercise prehabilitation increases preoperative functional capacity and decreases postoperative hospital length of stay in people undergoing surgery for abdominal cancer
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Waterland et al. The review concluded that exercise prehabilitation, particularly multimodal approaches, improves preoperative functional capacity and reduces postoperative hospital length of stay in people undergoing surgery …
Systematic review found that rehabilitation could enable recovery from COVID-19
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Physiotherapy consensus guidelines were quickly developed to guide acute respiratory management for those with COVID-19. When managing a new disease like …
PEDro now contains 52,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 52,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro.
DiTA update (6 September 2021)
DiTA contains 2,217 records. In the 6 September 2021 update you will find: 1,994 reports of primary studies, and 223 reports of systematic reviews.
PEDro celebrates World PT Day on 8 September 2021
September 8 marks World PT Day 2021. The theme for this year is rehabilitation for long COVID. The start of the pandemic saw many physiotherapists step up to provide high-quality clinical care to manage the …
PEDro update (6 September 2021)
PEDro contains 52,165 records. In the 6 September 2021 update you will find: 40,243 reports of randomised controlled trials (39,328 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 11,240 reports …
